Undergarment.



G. OLSEN.

UNDERGARNIENT.

APPLICATION FILEDJULY231915.

Iaeued May 19H3.,

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G. ULSN.

UNDERGAWENY.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 23| l9l5. 393% s Ealcned May 2, 1916.

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GEETEDE oLsEN, Aor DAWSON, MINNESOTA.

UNDERGARMEN T.

Specification of Letters Patent.v

Patenten-May 27, 191e.

Application filed July 23, 1915. Serial No. 41,540.

To all whom t may concern.' n

Be it known that I, GERTRUDE OLSEN', a citizen of' the United States,residing at Dawson, in the county of Lacqui Parle and State ofMinnesota', have invented certain new and useful Improvements inUndergarments, of which the following is a. specification. i

This invention relates to an improved undergarment of the type worn bysmall children and the principal object of the invention is to provide agarment so constructed that it may be easily put in place and may. be'very easily laundried.

Another object of the invention is .'to so construct the garment that itmay be formed from two pieces'of material thus permitting it to be veryeasily and cheaply made.

Another object of theinvention is to so construct this garment that whenin use it will remain securely closed and will remain in the 'properposition without the need of a drawing string or auxiliary supportingmeans.

This invention is illustrated in the aecomv panying drawings, wherein:-

Figure 1 1s a perspective view of the improved garment looking from therear side. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the improved garment-,lookingfrom the front'side. Fig. 3 isha of the blank forming the rearand''sildeportions of the garment. Fig. 4 is a' viewf the blank fromwhich the front portion of thegarmentis formed.

The rea'r,. "and side portions of this garment are formed from the blank10 shown in Fig. 3, the lower portion 1l of which forms the legs and theupper portion of which forms the body portion. A tongue 12 which formstheV rear flap is cut from the blank and is provided with a binding 13having button holes 14 formed therein s o that the iiaps may be held inthe closed pcsition by means of buttons 15. The side portions 16 areextended as clearly shown in this figure and cut diagonally so that whenthe garment is completely made as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 it will havethe proper shape with the side portions 16 over, `lapped by the frontsection 17. This front section 17 is formed from the blank-shown in Fig.4 and' is provided with button holes 18 so that the front portion may bereleasably connected with the side portions of the rear section by means'of the'buttons 19.

YThis front section is provided with extensions QOcompleting the legs'of the garment and has its lower portion provided with a cutout 2lsimilar to the cutout 22 .of the blank shown in Fig. 3 so that the twosec- -tions may be sewed together at the edges of the cutouts'Ql and22thus forming a complete garment. It willv thus be seen that whenforming' this. garment it is simply necessary to sew the sectionstogether at the edges of the cutouts 2l and 22 and the garment will beready for use.

Then this garment is to be used the rear flap will be held in the raisedposition by place can be secured by means of buttons 19. It will thus beseen that this garment can means of buttons 15 and after being put invery easilybe placed upon the child sin'ce it is not necessary to passthe childs legs through the legextensions but it\ is simply to place thechild Hat upon the garment and then button the front section to the sideportions of the rear section. It will be also noted that'this garmentcan be very easily Y removed and further that it can be very easilylaundried and ironed. It should be further noted that the childs stomachwill be protected from cold and thus danger 0I' catching c'oldeliminated.

Vhat is claimed is An undergarment including a rear section havinga'tongue cut from Within its upper end portionto form a closurelap andwaist GERTRUDE OLSEN. Witnesses A. J. GREENE, EDW. SWENSEN.

